Colonialism --> Revolution --> Individualism
A. Europe in the sixteenth century
B. Spanish, English, and French exploration
C. First English settlements
1. Jamestown
2. Plymouth
D. Spanish and French settlements and long-term influence
E. American Indians
2. America and the British Empire, 1650-1754
A. Chesapeake country
B. Growth of New Enlgand
C. Restoration colonies
D. Mercantilism; the Dominion of New Enlgand
E. Origins of Slavery
3. Colonial Society in the Mid-Eighteenth Century
A. Social structure
1. Family
2. Farm and town life; the economy
B. Culture
1. Great Awekening
2. The American mind
3. "Folkways"
C. New immigrants
4. Road to Revolution, 1754-1775
A. Anglo-French rivalries and Seven Years' War
B. Imperial reorganization of 1763
1. Stamp Act
2. Declaratory Act
3. Townshend Acts
4. Boston Tea Party
C. Philosophy of the American Revolution
5. The AMerican Revloution, 1775-1783
A. Continental Congress
B. Declaration of Independence
C. The war
1. Frence alliance
2. War and society; Loyalists
3. War economy
D. Articles of Confederation
E. Peace of Paris
F. Creating state governments
1. Political organization
2. Social reform: women, slavery
6. Constitution and New Republic, 1776-1800
A. Philadelphia Convention: drafting the Constitution
B. Federalistes versus Anti-Federalists
C. Bill of Rights
D. Washington's presidency
1. Hamiltion's financial program
2. Foreign and domestic difficulties
3. Beginnings of political parties
E. John Adams' presidency
1. Alien and Sedition Acts
2. XYZ affair
3. Election of 1800
7. The Age of Jefferson, 1800-1816
A. Jefferson's presidency
1. Louisiana Purchase
2. Burr conspiracy
3. The Supreme Court under John Marshall
4. Neutral rights, impressment, embargo
B. Madison
C. War of 1812
1. Causes
2. Invasion of Canada
3. Hartford Convention
4. Conduct of the war
5. Treaty of Ghent
6. New Orleans
Section Two:
1816-1877
Section Three:
1877-1914
Section Four:
1914-1945
Section Five:
1945-1974
Section Six:
1974-present
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